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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

1,350 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 68

Accident to Trainer

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 June 1944 · page 8

EIGHTEEN CARAT was withdrawn from today's Three-Yor-Old Handicap at Randwick because her trainer, R. C. Cross, met with an…

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Wives see husbands drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 June 1944 · page 5

Two brothers were drowned in heavy seas at National Park yesterday while their wives and…

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Road Cyclist Injured

The Sun · Sunday 25 June 1944 · page 2

In a collision with a truck while competing in a cycle race in Milperra-road, Revesby, yesterday [?] Bird [?] of King…

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Baseball player hurt in collision

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 June 1944 · page 15

Randle's short stop, Ted Miller, was injured in a head-on collision during the Randle's-Marrickville Baseball…

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Injured Dogs Good Win

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 June 1944 · page 10

Victory King, who had been under veterinary care during the week, had a good win in the first round of the New South Wales Greyhound Derby at…

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Two Brothers Drowned Near Cronulla Tragedy Follows Rescue Attempt

Truth · Sunday 25 June 1944 · page 19

BEFORE their horror-stricken families, two brothers were carried out to sea and drowned between Marley Beach and Bundeena, near Cronulla, yesterday afternoon. The victims were: Lester William Crouch (43), of 15 Pickard Ave.,…

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Brothers drowned, one tried to save other, wives watch tragedy

The Sun · Sunday 25 June 1944 · page 3

WITH their wives watching, helpless and horrified, two brothers were drowned, one while going to the rescue of the other, near Marley, between Bundeena and Wattamolla, yesterday afternoon. They were Lester William Crouch, 43, of Rickard-street, Auburn, and…

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Two killed, 3 injured in family ADELAIDE

The Sun · Sunday 25 June 1944 · page 2

A FATHER and baby were killed and the mother and another child injured when their car was…

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One accident leads to another

The Sun · Sunday 25 June 1944 · page 2

Falling from a tram in Oxford-street. Woollahra, last night, R. B. Aka, postman, of Gresvenor-street. Woollahra, received a…

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154 Dead, 1000 Injured in Freak U.s. Tornado

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 2

PITTSBURGH, Monday.--Toll of the freak tornado which devastated sections of southern Pennsylvania. West Virginia and part of…

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154 Dead, 1000 Injured in Freak U.s. Tornado

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 2

PITTSBURGH, Monday.--Toll of the freak tornado which devastated sections of southern Pennsylvania. West Virginia and part of…

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154 Dead, 1000 Injured in Freak U.s. Tornado

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 11

PITTSBURGH, Monday.--Toll of the freak tornado which devastated sections of southern Pennsylvania. West Virginia and part of…

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154 Dead, 1000 Injured in Freak U.s. Tornado

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 2

PITTSBURGH, Monday.-- Toll of A the freak tornado which devastated sections of southern Pennsylvania, West Virginia and part of…

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154 Dead, 1000 Injured in Freak U.s. Tornado

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 11

PITTSBURGH, Monday-- Toll of fi the freak tornado which devastated sections of southern Pennsylvania, West Virginia and part of…

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154 Dead, 1000 Injured in Freak U.s. Tornado

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 11

PITTSBURGH, Monday.--Toll of the freak tornado which devastated sections of southern Pennsylvania, West Virginia and part of…

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Says Constable Caused Accident

The Sun · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 3

An accident, in which a motor-lorry overturned, killing a youth, was caused by a constable seizing the steering wheel from the driver, it was alleged at the Coroner's Court…

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Lorry Fatality Inquiry Driver's Evidence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 June 1944 · page 5

During the inquiry held yesterday by Mr. Hairis, City Coioner, into the death of Alan Francis Ratcliffe, 17, of Thornleigh Street, Marrickville,…

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Leg Amputated After Accident

The Sun · Tuesday 27 June 1944 · page 3

George Bridgeford (25), of Anzac-parade, Kensington, had his left leg crushed when it was caught between a lift and a wall…

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Collision in Convoy

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 28 June 1944 · page 4

Staunch enough to withstand a convoy collision that resulted in the sinking of the ship which rammed her, and to survive flames…

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Motor-cyclist Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1944 · page 4

A motor-cycle ridden by Ambrose Carr (36), of Albert St., Parramatta, and an army motor lorry collided at the intersection of Albert…

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